Monthly Family Days

The museum’s Education Division hosts Family Days one Saturday a month (excluding December).These programs are designed for children and adults of all ages and offers several hands-on opportunities for all to enjoy. Aerospace demonstration stations are located throughout the museum's galleries to teach fun aerospace principles.Each month features a new theme; such themes include engineering, meteorology, gravity, and space.

Some materials for educational programs are provided by the Air Force Museum

Foundation, Inc. (Federal endorsement is not implied).

Upcoming Family Day

Saturday, August 18, 2018, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
National Aviation Day

Celebrate National Aviation Day with free educational activities at Family Day from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 18 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.

What is National Aviation Day? It is a celebration of all things related to aviation and is held on the anniversary of Orville Wright's birthday (147 years ago on Aug. 19 in Dayton, Ohio).

During Family Day, museum visitors will learn about achievements in aviation and aerospace from the Wright brothers' first flight to modern Air Force technology. Activities include hands-on demonstrations, a make it-take it workshop and Storytime.

The hands-on aviation and space demonstrations are appropriate for all ages and take place throughout the event. A variety of activities showcasing Air Force technology past, present and future will take place in the STEM Learning Node located in the Space and Research & Development Gallery.

9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Hands-on Aviation and Space Demonstrations

Locations: Building 2 and Building 4

9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Build and Fly Balsa Gliders (while supplies last)

Location: Building 2

9 a.m. – 3 p.m.Virtual Reality trip through the history of flight Location: Building 2

Future Family Days

September 29, 2018 – Fall with GravityCelebrate the fall season while learning how we can overcome and cope with the force that causes falling! Activities will include sitting in an actual B-2 ejection seat and trying on a parachute.